/*
 * Orika - simpler, better and faster Java bean mapping
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Orika authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package ma.glasnost.orika.converter.builtin;

import ma.glasnost.orika.MappingContext;
import ma.glasnost.orika.metadata.Type;

/**
 * Converts any object to string
 * 
 * @author matt.deboer@gmail.com
 * @author elaatifi@gmail.com
 */
public class ToStringConverter extends BuiltinCustomConverter<Object, Object> {
    
    public boolean canConvert(Type<?> sourceType, Type<?> destinationType) {
        return destinationType.isString();
    }
    
    public Object convert(Object source, Type<? extends Object> destinationType, MappingContext context) {
        return "" + source;
    }
}
